title: Detection of Coxiella burnetii in ticks collected from Central Spain.
abstract: A total of 1482 adult ticks collected from vegetation and animals in central Spain in 2003-2005 were tested for the presence of Coxiella burnetii by polymerase chain reaction and subsequent reverse line blot hybridization (PCR-RLB). C. burnetii was identified in 7.7% of questing ticks (80/1039) and 3.4% of ticks collected from animals (15/443) belonging to four species: Hyalomma lusitanicum, Dermacentor marginatus, Rhiphicephalus sanguineus, and R. pusillus. These findings show an active role of ticks in maintaining C. burnetii in wild and peridomestic cycles in central Spain.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toledo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jado
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Olmeda
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Casado-Nistal
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Escudero
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Anda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001717:Birds; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011778:Q Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D012104:Reptiles; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*